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Liquidnet trading reaches $1 billion

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2008
Australian buy-side institutions traded more than $1 billion in domestic securities via the electronic marketplace, Liquidnet, since it's inception in February this year. Liquidnet facilitates institutional equities trading for various asset management ...

Instos rushing to infrastructure

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
Infrastructure has traditionally hovered at the outskirts of mainstream asset classes - but industry players are now putting more money into the sector as investors seek a safe haven from poor returns. According to RARE Infrastructure, institutional ...

Australia gets Chinese QDII status

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2008
Australian financial services operators will now get direct access to Chinese domestic investment funds after Australia was approved as an official investment destination under the Qualified Domestic Institutional Investor (QDII) scheme. The QDII scheme ...

ML picks Praemium for admin

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2008
Praemium Limited's V-Wrap service has been chosen by Merrill Lynch Equities Australia to provide portfolio administration services to its private client wealth management division. The deal will see Praemium provide consolidated reporting to the Merrill ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2008
The Australian share market continued its run higher at noon, boosted by the financials after news that Babcock & Brown Power Ltd's refinancing of several million dollars of debt blew a fresh wave of confidence into the market. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark ...

State Super awards $39m property mandate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2008
State Super has awarded Franklin Templeton a $39.2 million global direct property mandate in line with the super fund's strategy to invest in more overseas assets. Martin Drew, State Super chief investment officer, said the mandate is not a typical ...

Global equities to bounce 15pct

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
Global equities could increase by 15 per cent in the next six months thanks to the US Federal Reserve's ongoing actions to stimulate its domestic economy, according to Falkiner Global Investors. James Falkiner, Falkiner Global Investors chief executive ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2008
The Australian share market was trading higher at noon, buoyed by a better oil price overnight and a modest lead from Wall Street. At 1200 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 50.8 points, or 0.9 per cent, to 5698.9, while the broader All Ordinaries ...

Recovery in securitised assets mask long term problems

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2008
The amount of securitised assets recovered slightly in the March quarter to reach $264 billion but the bounce back masks bigger problems confronting the sector. Securitised assets during March increased 1.4 per cent however compared to the 4.5 per cent ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
The Australian share market was down at noon as lower prices for commodities prompted selling in major resources, oil and gold stocks. The major banks also were weaker. CMC markets head of trading James Foulsham said although there had been a positive ...